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Books on Vodou, Hoodoo & African Diasporic Religions

88 books — primary sources in translation, practitioners’ classics and current scholarship.

Cover of The African Religions of Brazil The African Religions of BrazilRoger Bastide 1960 Cover of Africans in Colonial Louisiana Africans in Colonial LouisianaGwendolyn Midlo Hall 1992 Cover of Afro-Cuban Religious Experience: Cultural Reflections in Narrative Afro-Cuban Religious ExperienceEugenio Matibag 1996 Cover of Ainsi parla l'oncle Ainsi parla l'oncleJean Price-Mars 1928 Cover of Animal Sacrifice and Religious Freedom: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah Animal Sacrifice and Religious FreedomDavid M. O'Brien 2004 Cover of Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution Avengers of the New WorldLaurent Dubois 2004 Cover of Black Atlantic Religion: Tradition, Transnationalism, and Matriarchy in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé Black Atlantic ReligionJ. Lorand Matory 2005 Cover of The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution The Black JacobinsC. L. R. James 1938 Cover of Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition Black MagicYvonne P. Chireau 2003 Cover of The Black Spiritual Movement: A Religious Response to Racism The Black Spiritual MovementHans A. Baer 1984 Candomblés da BahiaEdison Carneiro Candomblés da BahiaEdison Carneiro 1948 Cover of The City of Women The City of WomenRuth Landes 1947 Congo Square in New OrleansJerah Johnson Congo Square in New OrleansJerah Johnson 1995 Cover of Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans Congo SquareFreddi Williams Evans 2011 Cover of Conjuring Culture: Biblical Formations of Black America Conjuring CultureTheophus H. Smith 1994 Cover of Creole Religions of the Caribbean Creole Religions of the CaribbeanMargarite Fernández Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert 2003 Cover of The Cultural Politics of Obeah: Religion, Colonialism and Modernity in the Caribbean World The Cultural Politics of ObeahDiana Paton 2015 Cover of Dahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom DahomeyMelville J. Herskovits 1938 Cover of Dust Tracks on a Road Dust Tracks on a RoadZora Neale Hurston 1942 Cover of Ecstatic Religion: An Anthropological Study of Spirit Possession and Shamanism Ecstatic ReligionI. M. Lewis 1971 Cover of El Monte El MonteLydia Cabrera 1954 The Faces of the GodsLeslie G. Desmangles The Faces of the GodsLeslie G. Desmangles 1992 Cover of Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy Flash of the SpiritRobert Farris Thompson 1983 Cover of Folk Beliefs of the Southern Negro Folk Beliefs of the Southern NegroNewbell Niles Puckett 1926 Cover of Folk-Lore from Adams County, Illinois Folk-Lore from Adams County, IllinoisHarry Middleton Hyatt 1935 Cover of Haiti, History, and the Gods Haiti, History, and the GodsJoan Dayan 1995 Cover of Haitian Revolutionary Studies Haitian Revolutionary StudiesDavid Patrick Geggus 2002 Haitian Vodou FlagsPatrick Arnold Polk Haitian Vodou FlagsPatrick Arnold Polk 1997 Haitian VodouMambo Chita Tann Haitian VodouMambo Chita Tann 2012 Cover of Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, and Reality Haitian VodouPatrick Bellegarde-Smith and Claudine Michel Patrick Bellegarde-Smith and Claudine Michel (eds.)2006 Cover of Holy Harlots: Femininity, Sexuality, and Black Magic in Brazil Holy HarlotsKelly E. Hayes 2011 Cover of Hoodoo—Conjuration—Witchcraft—Rootwork Hoodoo—Conjuration—Witchcraft—RootworkHarry Middleton Hyatt 1970 Cover of Hoodoo, Voodoo, and Conjure: A Handbook Hoodoo, Voodoo, and ConjureJeffrey E. Anderson 2008 Cover of Ifa Divination: Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa Ifa DivinationWilliam Bascom 1969 In ExtremisDonald J. Cosentino In ExtremisDonald J. Cosentino 2012 Cover of The Journal of Latrobe The Journal of LatrobeBenjamin Henry Latrobe 1905 Los negros brujosFernando Ortiz Los negros brujosFernando Ortiz 1906 Cover of The Magic Island The Magic IslandWilliam Seabrook 1929 Cover of The Making of Haiti: The Saint Domingue Revolution from Below The Making of HaitiCarolyn E. Fick 1990 Mami WataHenry John Drewal Mami WataHenry John Drewal 2008 Maria Padilha e toda a sua quadrilhaMarlyse Meyer Maria Padilha e toda a sua quadrilhaMarlyse Meyer 1993 Cover of Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System Mojo Workin'Katrina Hazzard-Donald 2013 Cover of Moses, Man of the Mountain Moses, Man of the MountainZora Neale Hurston 1939 Cover of Mules and Men Mules and MenZora Neale Hurston 1935 Cover of The Mysterious Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveaux The Mysterious Voodoo Queen, Marie LaveauxIna Johanna Fandrich 2005 Cover of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveFrederick Douglass 1845 Cover of A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau A New Orleans Voudou PriestessCarolyn Morrow Long 2006 Cover of Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie Passage of DarknessWade Davis 1988 Cover of Possession, Ecstasy, and Law in Ewe Voodoo Possession, Ecstasy, and Law in Ewe VoodooJudy Rosenthal 1998 Cover of Rara! Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and Its Diaspora Rara! Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and Its DiasporaElizabeth McAlister 2002 Cover of A Refuge in Thunder: Candomblé and Alternative Spaces of Blackness A Refuge in ThunderRachel E. Harding 2000 Reglas de CongoLydia Cabrera Reglas de CongoLydia Cabrera 1979 Cover of Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou Sacred Arts of Haitian VodouDonald J. Cosentino Donald J. Cosentino (ed.)1995 Cover of Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and Other Divinities in Africa and the Diaspora Sacred WatersHenry John Drewal Henry John Drewal (ed.)2008 Cover of The Sanctified Church The Sanctified ChurchZora Neale Hurston 1981 Santería EnthronedDavid H. Brown Santería EnthronedDavid H. Brown 2003 Cover of Santeria from Africa to the New World: The Dead Sell Memories Santeria from Africa to the New WorldGeorge Brandon 1993 Cover of Santería: An African Religion in America SanteríaJoseph M. Murphy 1988 Cover of Santería: Correcting the Myths and Uncovering the Realities of a Growing Religion SanteríaMary Ann Clark 2007 Cover of Santería: The Religion SanteríaMigene González-Wippler 1989 Searching for Africa in BrazilStefania Capone Searching for Africa in BrazilStefania Capone Lucy Lyall Grant (trans.)2010 Cover of Secrets, Gossip, and Gods: The Transformation of Brazilian Candomblé Secrets, Gossip, and GodsPaul Christopher Johnson 2002 Cover of The Serpent and the Rainbow The Serpent and the RainbowWade Davis 1985 Cover of The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism The Signifying MonkeyHenry Louis Gates Jr. 1988 Society of the DeadTodd Ramón Ochoa Society of the DeadTodd Ramón Ochoa 2010 Cover of The Spirit of Black Hawk: A Mystery of Africans and Indians The Spirit of Black HawkJason Berry 1995 Cover of Spirit World: Pattern in the Expressive Folk Culture of Afro-American New Orleans Spirit WorldMichael P. Smith 1984 Cover of Spirited Things: The Work of "Possession" in Afro-Atlantic Religions Spirited ThingsPaul Christopher Johnson Paul Christopher Johnson (ed.)2014 Cover of The Spirits and the Law: Vodou and Power in Haiti The Spirits and the LawKate Ramsey 2011 Cover of The Spiritual Churches of New Orleans: Origins, Beliefs, and Rituals of an African-American Religion The Spiritual Churches of New OrleansClaude F. Jacobs and Andrew J. Kaslow 1991 Cover of Spiritual Merchants: Religion, Magic, and Commerce Spiritual MerchantsCarolyn Morrow Long 2001 Cover of Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica Tell My HorseZora Neale Hurston 1938 Cover of Translating the Devil: Religion and Modernity among the Ewe in Ghana Translating the DevilBirgit Meyer 1999 UmbandaDiana DeGroat Brown UmbandaDiana DeGroat Brown 1986 Ve-VeMilo Rigaud Ve-VeMilo Rigaud 1974 Cover of Vodou Songs in Haitian Creole and English Vodou Songs in Haitian Creole and EnglishBenjamin Hebblethwaite 2012 Vodun in Coastal BéninDana Rush Vodun in Coastal BéninDana Rush 2013 Cover of Voodoo and Power: The Politics of Religion in New Orleans, 1881–1940 Voodoo and PowerKodi A. Roberts 2015 Cover of Voodoo in Haiti Voodoo in HaitiAlfred Métraux Hugo Charteris (trans.)1959 Cover of Voodoo in New Orleans Voodoo in New OrleansRobert Tallant 1946 Cover of Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau Voodoo QueenMartha Ward 2004 Cover of Voodoo: Search for the Spirit VoodooLaënnec Hurbon 1995 Cover of Wizards and Scientists: Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity and Tradition Wizards and ScientistsStephan Palmié 2002 Cover of Working the Spirit: Ceremonies of the African Diaspora Working the SpiritJoseph M. Murphy 1994 Cover of The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square The World That Made New OrleansNed Sublette 2008 Cover of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston Wrapped in RainbowsValerie Boyd 2003 Cover of Zombies: A Cultural History ZombiesRoger Luckhurst 2015 Cover of Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography Zora Neale HurstonRobert E. Hemenway 1977